Hi David, they're saying that along with the PHP 5 upgrade, MySQL 5 is going to be upgraded as well. X-Cart 4.0.x has issues with MySQL 5. it's more of a MySQL issue than a PHP issue

Padraic/Emerson, unless someone else takes care of it first, I'll look through the proposed fixes in the forum, make sure it applies to all area of X-Cart 4.0, make sure it's in a Patch form, and upload the patch for testers to have a go at it. If one of you guys would be interested in coordinating this, gathering some willing testers, etc, that'd be great.

Padraic/Emerson, unless someone else takes care of it first, I'll look through the proposed fixes in the forum, make sure it applies to all area of X-Cart 4.0, make sure it's in a Patch form, and upload the patch for testers to have a go at it. If one of you guys would be interested in coordinating this, gathering some willing testers, etc, that'd be great.

I am spreading the word out.
If you want let me know and I can setup a server as a test bed.

I just did some research on what it would take to migrate to another cart, and you are right balinor. It would be more expensive (in time too) to swap out. I don't quite trust carts that don't have something to profit from. Capitalism goes a long way in making sure there are no bugs before a release.

Waiting to hear what I will need to do to stay a viable store. Maybe upgrading to version 4.1 will give me added benefits too?

To be fair John, there is no way X-Cart could have anticipated what would be required for PHP/MySQL 5 when they first released 4.0, so I wouldn't call it a 'bug'. I do, however, agree that they should have taken the time to release a patch once they realized this would be an issue.

Upgrading to 4.1 does have quite a number of benefits, but you need to weigh those against the cost of doing it. If there aren't specific features you need, it may not be worth the headache and expense.

regarding carts that don't have something to profit, that's a valid business model nowadays actually, as people have found that it's often better to reel someone in with a free product, and make money off of services. in X-Cart's case, they reel people in with a fairly inexpensive product, and make money off of it not being a 100% comprehensive solution

btw, Padraic is correct about headache/expense. 4.0 to 4.1 doesn't have a template/file upgrade, just a db upgrade, so essentially you have to start from scratch with a 4.1 install, and re-implement any customizations